The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1980
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
9:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.70° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.